Health
Telemental health visits soar. Is it a stopgap measure during pandemic or roadmap for the future?
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Use of telehealth or telemedicine in mental health treatment soared in recent months among those covered by Medicaid
Mississippi State Flag
Confederate battle flag comes down: Myrlie Evers weeps. ‘Medgar’s wings must be clapping.’
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“If Mississippi can make a move like this, I hope the rest of America can … see their signs of prejudice, hate and racism and perhaps be brave enough to remove them”
Health
The black American amputation epidemic: Black patients losing limbs at triple the rate of others
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A doctor put up billboards in the Mississippi Delta, Amputation Prevention Institute, they read. He said could save their limbs, if it wasn’t too late.
Coronavirus in Mississippi
Mississippi has tested fewer than 1% of state prisoners and staff for COVID-19
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Testing rates in the state’s prisons, where the coronavirus has already claimed at least one life, remain low
Government
Disability denials can amount to a ‘death sentence,’ judge says in Mississippi case
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‘The injustices of the disability payment system are both many and deep,’ judge says in ruling
Coronavirus in Mississippi
COVID-19 confirmed at four Mississippi mental health facilities
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Dozens of patients, staff members infected
Health
Fearing coronavirus, many rural black women avoid hospitals to give birth at home
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Many pregnant women are seeking out midwives to deliver their babies in homes or birthing centers and health experts say some women also are delivering without any medical assistance
Equity
The South may see the largest share of coronavirus misery
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Advocates say it’s not too late for elected leaders in the South to enact policies that could improve the region’s chances for recovery
Education
Lawsuit accusing Mississippi of providing unequal education can proceed, appeals court says
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Suit says state leaders failed to ensure that African Americans “would receive an education equal to that received by white students”
Coronavirus in Mississippi
The Trace: You just panic-bought a gun. Here’s how to handle it safely
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For many people, the novel coronavirus has been the catalyst for purchasing a first weapon
Analysis
Emmett Till: Wounds of the past still haunt Mississippi
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Writer finds that remnants of the Jim Crow era are still evident in the disparities in the state’s political, economic, social, educational and criminal justice systems
Mississippi Prisons
Mississippi prison crisis: Inmates aren’t the only ones in danger; guards face attacks as their numbers dwindle
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Analysis of state records and hundreds of pages of court documents, along with interviews with more than 30 prison employees, reveal a dangerous environment for everyone behind bars. As corrections officers quit, those remaining must guard more and more inmates
Mississippi Prisons
Mississippi cut corrections by $215M. Horrid conditions, violent deaths have followed at Parchman
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With 16 violent deaths, Parchman sees “level of violence and lethality that we associate with prisons in countries like Brazil and Honduras”
Justice
Parchman at the center of state prison system plagued by neglect and lack of funding
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Understaffed, underfunded and plagued by gang violence, inmates in Mississippi’s Parchman prison have been living in deadly conditions that state lawmakers knew about for decades. Now, everyone is paying the price
Government
Mississippi outranks neighboring states in denying disability claims
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In fiscal year 2019, Mississippi Disability Determination Services allowed three of every 10 initial claims and six of every 100 claims at the reconsideration level